Dětský implicitní čtenář jako klíč k literatuře pro děti?
The implied child reader as a key to children’s literature?

Summary/Abstract: In the Czech literary studies environment, children’s literature is traditionally definedon the basis of the intended child reader. However, this approach cannot include thefairly broad field of “unintentional children’s literature”, while another great disadvantageof the term “intended reader” is its semantic vagueness. An alternative way toapproach the definition of children’s literature is offered by the term “implied childreader”, which was first systematically described and applied by Aidan Chambers. Thepresent article analyses Chambers’ use of the term “implied child reader” by going backto the Iserian roots of this term, and it subsequently considers the pros and cons ofthis alternative.

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